POLS 289 - Approaching Political Puzzles

4 Credit(s)

Introduces students to the process of writing an original undergraduate research paper in the field of Political Science. Part 1 of the course is devoted to reading and understanding professional research reports. The focus of part 2 is writing a literature review in response to a research question. In Part 3, students become familiar with common research designs and methods of analysis. Spring.

Prerequisite(s): any 2 of the following: POLS 110, POLS 130, POLS 140, or POLS 200, and either STAT 100 or MATH 125 or CIS 125.